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VWN About Us
About the Valley Woman's Network
Our Mission Statement
The Valley Women’s Network is dedicated to bringing together women from all walks of life so that they may share and support each other’s goals and interests, exchange ideas, and encourage both learning from their peers and set a good example for others. We provide a platform to members for business networking and informative discussions on promoting a positive selfimage, health, safety, well-being and successful business practices.
History
The Valley Women's Network was formed by a group of women from Chilliwack, Mission and Abbotsford in October 1980 in Chilliwack. They decided over a dinner planning meeting to setup the group as we know it today. The Chilliwack Chapter disbanded only to start again in 1993. The Abbotsford Chapter was founded in 1981. The Network is modeled loosely after other national Network groups and was designed to meet the special needs of women. Since 1992, Associate Chapters have been formed in Mission (1992), Chilliwack (1993), Langley (1995), Surrey (1997-2007), Evening (1998), Powell River (1998-2004), Tri-City (1999), Delta (2001-2007), White Rock (2001), Texada Island (2001-2004), Vancouver (2004), Maple Ridge (2006) and Surrey / Delta (2007).
Purpose
The purpose of the Network is to bring together women of all walks of life for personal and professional growth, to initiate contact between women, to provide a comfortable environment for sharing common career and social concerns, and to offer self-development opportunities. Women have come to our Network to meet other women, to make business contacts and to make friends. The Valley Women’s Network is a non-partisan, non-religious, non-affiliated group and does not have any particular single focus interest. It does not lobby for any cause or idea.
Visit the current Valley Women's Network chapter home pages for more information about the individual chapters.
Privacy Act Acknowledgement
Valley Women’s Network (VWN) complies with federal and provincial privacy legislation and is committed to protecting our members’ personal information. The information we collect is used to process memberships and to communicate with members on a variety of issues of interest.
From time to time we are approached by organizations to distribute information to our members. In these cases VWN maintains control of the distribution and will under no circumstances make its membership list available to those organizations.
Members of the VWN may contact you from time to time. It is recommended that members of the VWN obtain permission from the receiving party before forwarding unsolicited information.
Each Chapter of the VWN publishes a directory which becomes a matter of public record. Once printed, the VWN cannot guarantee that the information contained within the directory will not be distributed beyond the control of the VWN.
Emails regarding meetings and other events may be sent from the VWN website from time to time. The personal information you provide when renewing your membership or registering for an event will be protected. When you proceed with an online transaction a secure connection is established and your information is encrypted to prevent interception during the transaction. The secure connection is maintained until the transaction is completed or terminated.
VWN may gather data concerning traffic on the website for statistical analysis. This data is not linked to your personal information, and is used strictly to improve content of the site.
Our website may contain links to websites of other organizations that maintain their own privacy and security policies. This policy articulates the privacy practices of the VWN site only.
Photographs taken at or during VWN events may be published in a newsletter or on the website without the express and specific approval of the parties in the photograph.
Should you have any questions regarding VWN privacy policy and practices please contact our webmistress at webmistress@valleywomensnetwork.com.
